$189,500
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève,No 1904002, Ref. 3979. Produced in 1989. Sold in Geneva on October25, 1989.Very fine and rare, self-winding, minute repeating, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by a leather fitted box with winding device and a certificate. three-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, transparent case-back, sapphire crystals. porcelain white with painted radial Roman numerals, auxiliary seconds dial. "Feuille" blued steel hands. Cal. 27 RQ stamped with the Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 39 jewels, straight line lever escapement, Gyromax balance adjusted for heat, cold, isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating freesprung balance-spring, 22K yellow gold micro-rotor,epeating on gongs by activating slide on the band.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm. Notes Ref. 3979This series was produced in 18K yellow gold only. Production began in 1989 with the calibre R 27 P.S., featuring 342 components and bearing the serial number 1904000. The present watch with movement 1904002 is therefore the 3rd example of the series. It is a technical exploit to incorporate in a 12 1/2''' movement a micro-rotor oscillating mass together with a minute-repeating mechanism. The first watch of this Ref. 3979 is illustrated in Patek Philippe Wristwatches, by Martin Huber and Alan Banery, 1998 Edition, p. 320.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-05-08
